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This is a portrait of Louis-Joseph-Xavier, Dauphin of France (1729–1765), the son and heir of King Louis XV of France. He is dressed in the uniform of a colonel of the Dauphin-Dragons, and wearing the blue sash of the Order of the Saint-Esprit and the red sash of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Our picture is a painted copy of Roslin’s three-quarter-length portrait of the Dauphin commissioned and painted in 1765 and now at Versailles. Roslin based the Dauphin’s features on one or two earlier portraits he had made of him from life – one in pastels (Versailles) and one in oils (current whereabouts unknown). The pastel portrait was made in 1765, the last year of the Dauphin’s life, and reflects his weight loss as a result of tuberculosis.
Title
The Dauphin, Louis de France
Date
1760s
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 80 x W 64.1 cm
Accession number
NG5588
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Emilie Yznaga, 1945
Work type
Painting
